artery

Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹ.təɹ.i/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
  2. noun a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic

Etymology

Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

arteria, arterial blood vessel

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
blood vessel
Narrower (hyponyms)
rectal artery, celiac trunk, subclavian artery, popliteal artery, femoral artery, axillary artery

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